Courtesy of WOWSA, San Pedro Channel, California. John York of Manhattan Beach, California and Samuel Neri of Mexico City share the title of the King of the Catalina Channel with six career crossings between Santa Catalina Island and the Southern California mainland in the Catalina Channel. They share the title of most Catalina Channel crossings […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On this day 26 years ago, Shelley Taylor-Smith won the inaugural International Marathon Swimming Association 30 km Sydney Harbour Swim (Sydney Harbour International Invitational Marathon), a professional marathon swim where she placed first overall. Similar to Greta Andersen, she became one of the very few women in history to

Courtesy of Swim Channel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Travessia da Confraternização is a 5.2 km ocean swim between Grumari to Pontal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil that will be held on December 11th. For more information, visit here. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water Swimming Association

Courtesy of Ioannis Kifonidis, Halkidiki, Greece. Above the pre-production poster for a motion picture called A Swim Across that was inspired by the Swimming Across the Toroneos Gulf. The film was written by Ioannis Kifonidis and will be directed by Dimitris Giouzepas. Filming will take place during May 2019 with a planned release in spring

Courtesy of Dr. Wallace “J” Nichols, Monterey Bay, California. The Blue Mind Experience (BMx) is a workshop meant for water students, researchers, and practitioners on California’s Monterey Bay. Participants will discuss and study the value of clean, healthy, wild waterways and oceans through the perspective of neuroscience and psychology. Expert guest lectures and class time